Oven.



D'ECD. f s. wapen, ADMINISTRATOR.

w. H. wsLnER OVEN.

APPuc'ATloN- FILED APR. 29. 19l5.

Patented Nov. 23,- 1915.`

WILLIAM I-I. WILDER, DECEASED, LATE OF GARENER, MASSACHUSETTS. BY SOLONf WILDER., ADMINISTRATOR, OF ,GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, AND FRED E. WHITE,

OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS.

OVEN.

morena.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

Original application filed February 7, 1912,. Serial `No. 676,100.Divided and this application led April 29,

1915. Serial No. 24,762.

T 0 ZZ lwhom t may concern.'

Be it known that VILLIAM H. WYILDER, late a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Gardner, Massachusetts, and now de ceased, and l,FRED E. v1-HTF., a citizen of the United States, residing at Gardner,Massachusetts, did invent certain new and useful Improvements in Ovens,of which the following is a specification. j

The present invention relates to an improved fastening device intendedmore especially for use on the doors of ovens of the character used inconnection with gas or vapor stoves. In such ovens', in order to havethe door held tightly closed it is necessary to have fastening devicesat the corners as such doors are usually made of light sheet metal whichhas'some tendency to warp under the heat. Such corner fastenings as haveheretofore been employed, so far as we are aware requirethe use of bothhands of the operator to manipulate' them which is exceedinglyinconvenient as it is frequent-ly desired to open the oven door'with onehand while holding a dish with the other hand.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and efficientform of fastening device' which will hold the door tightly at thecornersl and which may yet be Imanipulated by one hand serving both tounfasten the holding devices and as a means for lowering and raising thedoor which is usually hinged at` the bottom and which when open servesas a shelf.A

The invention includes the novel features ofconstruction defined in theyappended claim and hereinafter' more .particularly described inconnection with the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of an oven and door with the improvedfastening device applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectionaldetail being a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking to the right.

Referring by reference characters to this drawing, the numeral ldesignates the outer case or shell of the oven, which is preferably ofthe form disclosed in application No. 676,100 filed Feb. 7, 1912, ofwhich the present case is a division. l

7 indicates the door of the oven which is hinged at its lower edgepreferably by means of arms 8 entering slots 9 in the lower corners ofthe front wall of the oven '-as more clearly disclosed in .theapplication referred to.

The improved locking device comprises a single wire or steel rod 11journaled in clips 12 which have their ends passed through I serve toengage and disengage the edges of i the slots but to draw the uppercorners of the door and hence the entire upper edge of the door tightlyagainst vthe front edge or face of the oven.

4vIt i's preferred to provide the front wall of the oven adjacent theslots throughwhich the arms pass with inwardly projecting portions 1cwith which the hooks 11b engage with a stay or cam or friction wall thuspreventing disengagement of theV parts. V

Having described the invention as more particularly adapted for an ovendoor. it will be understood that it is not desired to restrict it tothis. use as it is applicable to any form of door which desires to beheld Yat the corners and it will be capable of maadapted to draw thecorners of the door tightly against the oven, the parts being adapted tobe disengaged to'` open the door by the lifting of the handle,substantially as described.

Signed at Gardner, ll'lassachusetts,v this 14th day of April, 1915.

SOLO'T XVILDER,

' Administrator.

FRED E. VHITE.

